Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Quote by John Cheever

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I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do...

I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do...

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

That's the way I remember them, heading for an exit.

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the...

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Homesickness is nothing Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the...

Homesickness is nothing Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the...

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater...

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater...

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed...

Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed...

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and...

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and...

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction...

People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction...

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the...

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the...

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house.

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced...

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say....

What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say....

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose...

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose...

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to...

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.